Interns with AFSC's Criminal Justice Program in Michigan share their thoughts about prisons and why we should care about the people within them.
In this three-minute video, Jessica Alaniz, an intern with AFSC Chicago's Youth Peacebuilding and Justice Program, describes her work with AFSC and her motivation for it. Jessica will be among several AFSC young people attending the 13th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates on October 21-23 in Warsaw, Poland.
IHTD is the annual If I Had A Trillion Dollars national youth film festival.
We ask youth ages 23 years old and younger, "If YOU had the power to choose, how would you spend 1 trillion dollars? What could that money do for your family, for your community, for your nation, or for the world?"
More information on how to submit at www.ihtd.org.
Credits:
Talent:
AJ BlackAstonish Taylor
Kasiem Aboti Walters
Soundtrack:
AJ BlackAstonish Taylor
Editing:
Debbie Southorn
And many thanks to all of the participants of the 3rd annual "If I had a Trillion Dollars" Youth Film Festival!
This two-minute video introduces Kenia Calderon, who provides administrative support for the legal services component of AFSC Iowa's Immigrants Voice Program. Originally from El Salvador, Kenia applied for and received her Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) status from AFSC Iowa.
Join us in a conversation with these agents for change; what they have learned, challenges they have faced, and how they have grown. Send your questions to questions@afsc.org.
Featuring some of the 65 young people who came to Washington, D.C. for the 2013 "If I Had a Trillion Dollars" film festival and leadership institute, this video won the People's Choice Award in the Looking @ Democracy contest.
After envisioning their ideal world—and forming a federal budget that reflected their priorities—the youth featured here talked to Congress, sharing ideas about how funding for education, homeless assistance, and the environment could improve communities.
From the immigration legislation in Congress currently to existing programs like Operation Streamline, private prison companies are pursuing the expansion of immigrant detention.
Young people in Seattle argue that funding should go to schools, not prisons.
They spoke to city council members and community leaders at the conclusion of the Tyree Scott Freedom School, held in summer 2013.
Participants fron AFSC's Youth Undoing Instituional Racism and Juvenile Justice prgoram provide the keynote speech at the Seattle Race Conference 2013.
Short audio slide show featuring sights and sounds from the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington on Aug. 24, 2013, including excerpts from Rep. John Lewis.
Photographs: AFSC/Bryan Vana
Production: Madeline Schaefer
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